Office:  Bear 244
Phone: (910) 962-2417
Email: durhamj@uncw.edu

Degrees

• Ph.D., Religious Studies - University of Virginia
• M. A., Religion - The Florida State University
• B. A., Psychology - The University of Texas at Austin

Areas of Expertise

• Asian Religion
• Hindu and Buddhist tradition
• Languages (Sanskrit, classic Tibetan, ancient Egyptian, Greek, Latin and ancient Mayan)

Recent Publications

• The Immortality Project: Seven Adventures in Archaeology of Religion, submitted Random House Publishing September 2006
• "Sensory Sam€dhi: Textual Transcendence Technologies in Prajn€p€r€mit€ Literature" under review Journal of the American Oriental Society (Fall 2006)
• "Rationalization & the Ratnak™ a Reforms" under review Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (Fall 2006)

Courses Taught